Little Getsemani

Prayers - hoping you get on pilgrimage soon.

 

Thanks Bobby

 

I am really struggling at the moment. I hope Jesus can help me. I went to confession today also. I feel I am only barely hanging on. I seem to be experiencing a crisis

 

Prayers going up.

 

I felt better when I got out of hospital a few days ago and then I get hit with these struggles again

 

I committed a sin a few years ago and confessed it but still feel God is angry with me over it. I hope God forgives me and has mercy on me

 

I was in confession last week at our local monastery. The priest (I thinks a brother, actually) said to imagine that I am giving him the sins and he is putting them on a tray which he is holding on his lap. He said that once confession was over he would take the tray away. And they would no longer be mine. I like that analogy very much. If it applied to me, Sanctus, then it applies to us all.
You are forgiven.
Do not doubt the Lord.

 

Thanks jackzojay

 

Thanks John

 

I see no light in the darkness I'm going through.

 

Ps 23
“Yea, though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no evil, for
Thou art with me. Thou anointest my head with oil………surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.”

 

You are in my prayers, Sanctus. We will soon be in Holy Week recalling and celebrating the truth that Jesus has taken upon Himself your sins, and yes, mine, as he hung on the Cross . Our duty is to grieve, to repent, to believe my sins have been washed in the Blood of the Lamb. Once we acknowledge and confess our sins to the Lord in the Sacrament of Confession, we are forgiven. Upon our fulfilling the given Penance, the devil is wasting his time throwing up those forgiven sins in your face.

This is where the rubber meets the road. Laugh at the devil when he does so. You must rebuke his lies. If you do this he will stop. He may try a different tactic, but your forgiven sins are no longer an issue!

 

This is very important information. Thank you.

 

I feel tormented about a sin in the past that I feel he won't forgive. Hopefully medjugorje will go well and I experience peace

 

Isaiah 1:18
Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

He died for this. Please Sanctus, to doubt this is not prudent.

 

I'm not doubting it, it's just that I seem to be suffering .I don't know why I am suffering so much.

 

I dont mind suffering once Jesus is happy with me. Perhaps I am going through a dark night. Hoping that God can lead me to a safe place amidst all this inner tribulation

 

I'm always afraid something bad is going to happen. I hope nothing bad happens. I'm due to go to medjugorje soon I hope I will be ok. I feel traumatised at the moment with fear

 

peter it would be very difficult for you to get in touch with your local bishop? there are very rare cases in which the forgiveness of a sin is reserved only for the bishop or the holy see itself; I don't think this is the case for you, but meeting a successor of the apostles could bring greater relief to your conscience.